Dermatophytosis in schoolchildren in Ekpoma, Nigeria

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 303-305

  Enweani, I B ^a   Ozan, C C ^a   Agbonlahor, D E ^a   Ndip, R N ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

children; dermatophytosis; epidemiology; Microsporum audouinii; Nigeria; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Trichophyton rubrum; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MYCOSIS; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0030450918     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00143.x     Document Type: Article

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